Rosemarie Stewart | |
Fullname: | Rosemarie Stewart Dench |
Birth Date: | 22 June 1914 |
Birth Place: | Woodbridge, Suffolk |
Death Date: | September 2001 (aged 87) |
Formerpartner: | Ernest Yates |
Rosemarie Stewart (married name: Dench; 22 June 1914 - September 2001) was an English pair skater. She competed in the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen in the pairs event with partner Ernest Yates. They placed 10th out of a field of 18 teams. She was born in Woodbridge, Suffolk.[1] After the Olympics she married Robert Dench and, together, they toured with the Ice Capades through the 1940s and the 1950s. Robert became an American citizen in 1944.[2] [3] [4] She and her husband published a book to introduce people to pair skating in 1943.[5]